7 weeks pregnant with bad ovary pain

aoverby wrote:

Hey y'all. We just finished our first cycle of ivf-icsi and I am now 7 weeks pregnant and am having a pain on my left ovary... It bothered me all day yesterday and all night. It feels better if I lay on my back. Any thoughts...

Call your dr. But I can remember having pains like that in my early pregnancy. It was nothing. I'm now 22w1d

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WhimsicalFaery

I was told that when you are pregnant, the corpus luteum hangs around until the placenta is able to maintain your lining/progesterone production. It can last up to 8-10 weeks into your pregnancy. I had tons of twinges. Sometimes they can get really big and be really painful, but I'd say if it's just painful twinges, you're fine. You can always mention it to your RE at your next ultrasound and they can check to make sure it's not anything abnormal. When I first had it, I kept freaking out thinking it was the start of an ectopic or something like that, but it's totally normal.

Having suffered an ectopic my advice would be any pain that hurts you & continues needs attention, it may be nothing at all but better to be safe than sorry. Saying that, during my successful pregnancy I had twinges regularly, so it's more than likely nothing at all :) good luck

Was it a fresh cycle and have they done an ultrasound yet to make sure it's implanted in your uterus? I had lots of pain in my sides after my fresh cycle and the dr says my right ovary where most of my eggs are, is still very swollen. At one point it was larger than my uterus! I'm 13 weeks now and haven't noticed pain lately.

Yes it was a fresh. I have already had a scan. Heard heart beat and everything he said my ovary was really big at scan but didn't seem to be worked because he didn't say anything else. I called dr. Just waiting for him to call back. The pain is right were my left ovary is and is on and off. I guess we will see what the dr. Says

Okay so nurse said unless I am in pain where I'm hunched over or something then to wait until my next scan on thurs. she said sometimes with all of the stimulation we did my ovaries will stay irritated and with the pregnancy, the hormones make it worse

Sorry aoverby...the corpus luteum thing is definitely true, but I totally missed the part about you doing IVF. I'm sure with all of the stimulation, it takes awhile for your ovaries to heal. Good luck on your next scan!

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